“Why is there so much inequality in the world: where some societies have so much‚ while others have so little?” The word inequality is defined as “difference in size‚ degree‚ circumstances‚ etc.; lack of equality” In the video Guns‚ Germs and Steel Diamond explains why the world has a massive amount of inequality and some reasons why are animals being used as food‚ milk‚ clothing & etc.‚ animals being used as beasts of burden and useful plants. To begin with‚ one of the reasons why there is so much
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. Yali asks "why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?" What Yali is asking is about the origins of inequality between countries and societies in the world. He wants to know why people of European descent are rich and powerful while people like him
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of Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel In the beginning of his book‚ Jared Diamond explains a question that the New Guinea politician Yali‚ proposed to him. The question at large is “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own.”? Diamond explains that Yali’s question is (putting it mildly) asking how the whites (Europeans) developed more technology. Throughout Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Diamond is analyzing
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Diamonds Thesis for Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond is on a mission to prove his thesis‚ "History followed different courses for different people because of differences among peoples’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves"(Pg 25). He writes many chapters filled with intriguing reasons to prove his thesis. It takes a lot of facts and countless arguments to prove something everyone thinks is true‚ wrong‚ and after reading the book‚ I think Jared completed
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In the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies‚ author Jared Diamond offers many different scientific‚ as well as historic‚ reasons for why the events of history unfolded the way they did‚ mainly the question of was there anything specific that lead to Europe becoming the dominate power in the world? Like much of history‚ there is no specific causation that led to European dominance over‚ initially‚ the Americas‚ and then later Africa‚ Australia‚ and parts
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Name:_______________________________________________ Viewing Guide: Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 3 Date:______________ Directions: Before viewing the film‚ read each question below so you know what information and ideas you should be looking for as you watch Episode 3. Record your answers to each question by providing as many facts‚ details‚ and examples as possible to answer each question. Be prepared to discuss your answers with the class. You will use some of the information collected
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GUNS‚ GERMS‚ AND MCNEILL Noah Neerdaels Mr. Kelly AP World History November 24‚ 2014 Jared Diamond’s bestseller Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel has gathered lots of praise and popularity‚ but also has garnered lots of controversy and speculation. Diamond writes of how Europe came to dominate the world in expansion and conquest‚ while attempting to find the ultimate factors that caused their success. There are many historians who dispute his theory on
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Today’s Inequality Jared Diamond gets asked an important question “Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little”. To Diamond‚ the question seemed obvious‚ yet he didn’t have an answer. That’s why in “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: Episode 1” Jared Diamond discusses the problem of why some countries have so much while others rarely enough to survive. Also how those rich countries start developing and inventing new technology to help them thrive. At first‚ during the age of the
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In the book entitled Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ author Jared Diamond centers his argument around the idea that “societies developed differently on different continents because of different continental environments” (Diamond‚ 9). Dissimilar to the prevailing belief that genetics play a role in determining societal development‚ Diamond argues that geographic factors and environmental influences substantially shape the distribution of wealth and power. J.R. McNeill’s article‚ “The World According to Diamond”
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unique ones is from Jared Diamond. He created the book “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” which was later turned into a TV miniseries. In it‚ Diamond travels around the world looking for an answer to a question that was asked by a New Guinean. Eventually‚ he turned to history. He looked at different societies and analyzed what caused them to be the way they were. Finally‚ he found an answer; geographic luck. In Episode 1 and 2 of “Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚” Jared Diamond addresses an important question that has
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